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Senior Software Engineer
$160K–$285K
USA, CA, Pleasanton · Flex · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software development; 4+ years of distributed microservices architecture experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience.
About the job
Own the technical design, implementation, and performance optimization of scalable core services and distributed microservices.
What you'll do
- Architect and write efficient, production-ready code for scalable, low-latency services; optimize data flows, databases, and caching.
- Profile and resolve performance bottlenecks, and establish benchmarking and load-testing workflows in CI/CD.
- Lead code and design reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cloud infrastructure teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience with Python, GoLang, or Java/C++.
- 4+ years designing, building, and evolving scalable distributed microservices architectures.
- Experience resolving complex performance issues; hands-on profiling/APM experience and strong database optimization expertise.
Nice to have
- AWS or GCP infrastructure awareness; experience with micro-benchmarking and load testing in CI/CD.
- Deep understanding of concurrency and parallelism; technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.
Pay
$190,100 USD - $285,100 USD (base salary); $160,100 USD - $285,100 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, GoLang, Java, C++, Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry, AWS
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